Chad Pennington's tenure as the New York Jets' starting quarterback is over. Coach Eric Mangini announced Monday he's going with Kellen Clemens as his starter for Sunday's game against Washington. It's a move fans and media have been suggesting for weeks as the Jets have struggled to a 1-7 start.
The Buffalo Bills survived a snoozer against the New York Jets. J.P. Losman came on in relief of an injured Trent Edwards and connected with Lee Evans on an 85-yard touchdown pass with 3:38 remaining to help lead the Bills to a 13-3 victory Sunday.
Jets linebacker Jonathan Vilma was placed on injured reserve Saturday with a knee injury, ending the one-time Pro Bowler's season after seven games.
Don't blame Chad Pennington solely for this one. He had a lot of help. Kenny Watson ran for 130 yards and three touchdowns in the best performance of his career, and the Cincinnati Bengals turned the New York Jets' second-half meltdown into a 38-31 victory Sunday.
It didn't matter that the New York Jets changed their uniforms. The Philadelphia Eagles still figured out a way to beat them.
Last week, it was a sack extravaganza. This time, the New York Giants' defense did it with interceptions. Rookie Aaron Ross returned the second of his first two NFL interceptions 43 yards for a touchdown with just over 3 minutes remaining to seal a 35-24 victory over the Jets on Sunday in the latest Battle of New York.
Eric Mangini had a surprise sit-down with Tony Soprano. The New York Jets coach made a cameo on HBO's "The Sopranos" on Sunday night — and was lucky to not get caught up in all the bloodshed on the violent mob drama.
While the New York Jets cleaned out their lockers following a surprisingly successful season, Curtis Martin acknowledged he might have emptied his for the last time.
Bill Belichick had one more lesson for Eric Mangini: As long as he still has Tom Brady, the New England Patriots are a dangerous team in the playoffs.
Leon Washington and the rest of the New York Jets were banned from talking about the playoffs all season. Minutes after they clinched an improbable postseason berth with a 23-3 victory over Oakland on Sunday, the rookie running back could hardly contain himself.
With a couple of quick cuts and a burst of breakaway speed, Leon Washington moved the New York Jets closer to the playoffs. Washington's 64-yard gain on a screen pass set up the winning field goal with 10 seconds left, and the Jets overcame rainy weather, a sputtering offense and two late scores by the Miami Dolphins to win 13-10 on Monday night.
Chad Pennington and the New York Jets bounced back from a bad game, staying in the playoff chase for at least one more week and smiling from start to finish. The Minnesota Vikings are nearly out of the running, their shaky quarterback situation about the only bit of intrigue remaining.
Erik Coleman knew the New York Jets had just blown a great opportunity to improve their playoff chances, so he couldn't hide his frustration.
New York Jets coach Eric Mangini showed his team a tape of the "Ice Bowl," and fullback B.J. Askew ran around shirtless in pregame warmups to prove the cold wasn't so bad. Then Chad Pennington stoked the Jets' hopes of an improbable playoff run.
Chad Pennington was sprawled on the turf, desperately searching for a breath as the fans at Giants Stadium nervously held theirs. The New York Jets quarterback had the wind knocked out of him early in the third quarter of a 26-11 victory over Houston on Sunday, but Pennington — and most everyone else — thought it was much worse.
Mark Bradley turned and caught the short pass from Rex Grossman, and then realized Drew Coleman was the only thing standing between him and the end zone.
Call it The Catch That Wasn't. Chris Baker's amazing, one-handed grab in the end zone was ruled out of bounds and not reviewable and the Cleveland Browns escaped with their first win at home, 20-14 over the New York Jets on Sunday.
The New York Jets are getting pretty good at these suspenseful endings, complete with lots of nail biting, sweating and nervous energy throughout the stadium.
The New York Jets thought they blew it. The offense built a big lead with a second-half scoring burst, but the defense let the Miami Dolphins back in the game.
Defensive tackle John Henderson jumped up and down at the goal line, shaking his head from side to side and screaming at the top of his lungs.
Peyton Manning watched the fourth-quarter lead his Colts had just taken vanish in a flash when the New York Jets returned the ensuing kickoff 103 yards.
Chad Pennington made up for the New York Jets' lack of a running game. Pennington capped three drives of 58 yards or more with touchdowns, and linebacker Victor Hobson's 32-yard fumble return for a score helped the Jets to a 28-20 victory over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.
Bill Belichick and Eric Mangini met near midfield, exchanged a fleeting, businesslike handshake and again went their separate ways. No warm embrace, and barely a word spoken. That's the way it's been since the student left the teacher's New England Patriots to become the head coach of the New York Jets, adding to an already spicy rivalry.
Chad Pennington not only has returned strong after a second shoulder surgery in as many years, he might be even better than 2002. All Pennington did that year was lead the NFL in passer rating.
A.J. Feeley had about 24 hours to study the Philadelphia Eagles' playbook. He'll start working on learning the names of his wide receivers next.
With second-year pro Kellen Clemens poised to make his first NFL start on Sunday against the Ravens, coach Eric Mangini, who again refused to name a starter, said emphatically that Chad Pennington would still be the starting quarterback if he misses the game because of his injure …
NEW YORK (AP) -- The NFL is looking into claims a New England Patriots employee was videotaping signals by Jets coaches on New York's sideline during the season opener.
The Jets won this boring pre-season game 13-11 but more importantly Eagles back-up QB A.J. Feeley broke his hand and Eagles long snapper Jon Dorenbos stunk up the place. Early in the second quarter Feeley broke his hand on a sack, he is expected to have an MRI today.
This is the final pre-season game. The Eagles' first team players will not play. This is a game for players on the bubble to show that they deserve to be on the team.
Team mum on extent of injury. Thomas Jones, the Jets' new $5 million-a-year running back, crumpled to the ground yesterday at practice with an apparent ankle injury, putting a chill in the air on a 90-degree day at Hofstra.
This years draft has a lot uncertainty, a whole lot more than in years past. The top four players have more or less been decided within 6 players. No one knows who is going to be taken with those picks, until they are picked but this is what I think is going to happen.
The Jets are expected to announce this afternoon that they have reassigned general manager Terry Bradway and replaced him with assistant GM Mike Tannenbaum.
"The Super Bowl is our nation's greatest sporting event. It can also be one of our strangest events, given all the hoopla and hysterics surrounding the NFL's big game.
Newsday.com - After this disaster of a season, it was only a matter of time before a big name got fired. Henderson probably still has a couple good years left in him, but this year was just too much for anyone to handle; offensively or defensively.
this is interesting...it's the Jets' schedule for next year. Or just "list of opponents". Anyway, notice the playing of the Texans at home. We'll just have to see wat this young guy can do.....
Herman Edwards is making a bad move.